Tonight we spotlight innovations that could save your life – or at least help you make better dinners. We follow in the footsteps of Bill Gates, whose foundation just granted 20 million dollars to Moderna, the Cambridge company developing breakthrough therapies. We also see how a Stoughton steel company came up with a tool for creating a better pizza crust, and discover how cameras in a local neonatal intensive care unit are helping parents bond with their newborns. Plus, we meet a man who’s booked his ticket to Mars.

Peter Degen-Portnoy believes his work as a software engineer at Black Duck in Burlington qualifies him for the mission.

Dr. Michael Hecht is the principal investigator of “MOXIE,” an instrument developed at MIT’s Haystack Observatory in Westford and chosen by NASA to accompany Mars 2020.

South Shore Hospital in Weymouth is pioneering innovative technology in itsNeonatal Intensive Care Unit. When new moms cannot be at their baby’s bedside, they are connected by a camera.South Shore Hospital55 Fogg Rd,South Weymouth, MA 02190781- 624-8000

Funding for AngelEye webcams comes from the Evvgirl Foundation named for Evan Bard, a nursing student at Curry College tragically killed in a drunk driving accident in 2013.Evvgirl Foundation

Until “Baking Steel” came along you needed a 900-degree wood burning oven to make authentic Neapolitan style pizza.Baking SteelStoughton Steel